by Curt_Anderson on June 14, 2024 2:42 pm
I am more inclined to credit Trump than blame him for the bump stock ban. Nobody here called it an executive order, but it seems pretty close:
December 18, 2018
Today, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announced that the Department of Justice has amended the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), clarifying that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger.
Acting Attorney General Whitaker made the following statement:
“President Donald Trump is a law and order president, who has signed into law millions of dollars in funding for law enforcement officers in our schools, and under his strong leadership, the Department of Justice has prosecuted more gun criminals than ever before as we target violent criminals. We are faithfully following President Trump’s leadership by making clear that bump stocks, which turn semiautomatics into machine guns, are illegal, and we will continue to take illegal guns off of our streets.”
On February 20, 2018, President Trump issued a memorandum instructing the Attorney General “to dedicate all available resources to… propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns.”
justice.gov
by Indy! on June 14, 2024 2:43 pm
The 2nd Amendment is a waste of paper. It is by the least important thing in the Constitution - one that would not even be there if cooler heads were in charge.
by HatetheSwamp on June 14, 2024 4:15 pm
Hey, Curt, a Kacklin Kammy blast from the past...
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It must kill you progressives that this Court upholds the Bill of Rights at nearly every opportunity. 